Brush.



-N0 700,400. Patented May 20,1902.

[F.BEcKE BRUSH.

(Application med sm. a, 0901 (No Model.) v

UNITED STATES.-

PATENT OFFICE.'

FREDERICK BECKER, `oF NEW YoRK, N. Y.

Blauer-I.`

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. `7o0,400, dated May 20,1902. f 1

' Ippiaan md september s, 1 901. serial No'. 74,096. ditmaal) To @ZZ whom/t concern.; Y

Be it known that I, FREDERICKBECKER, a; citizen of the United States, and a resident4 of the city of New York, borough ofgManhattan, in the countyjand State of yNew York,

have invented a new and Improved Brush, ofk y which the following is a description.

full, clear, and exact This invention relates to-afbrush whichisl designed especially foruse in connection withk street-railway tracks to cleanthemfuThese,

tracks as generally constructed-have grooved I rails and frequently `become clogged withdirt,

y r so that it-is necessary'to scrape land `brush g-"My invention comprises v certain novel means for conveniently attaining this' end.

" This specicationj. is a s 'pecic description eds ofioneform of theinvention,.whilethe claims are denitionsof the ac tnal'gscope thereof.;

Reference istob'e had tothe accompanying;

`drawin'gsnforming" apart of this specification ,l

in which similar characters of ireference'indi-v cate correspondingfpartsin all the views'.

, vFigure lis aperspective view of the invention. Fig.\2 is alongitdinal section thereof," and Fig. 3 is a rearelevation.* A

. a indicates the backofthefbrush,which has a socket-.piece a receiving a handle b.

crepresents' the bristleswhich are formed ,with a longitudinally-disposed row of'loris-V tles projected down below the other bristles so as to enter the groove inthe rail. The socket-piece a has a forward extension in the form of a plate d, suitably fastened to the back a and terminating in a vertically-disposed guide d'. In this guide is arranged a bar e, held adj ustably by a set-screw d2 in the guide CZ. The bar e has-a forwardly-curvedgroove.

scraping, if desired, -and may also `bensed to*v throw-a switch-pointfrom one position-tolti another.

. lIn using the inventiontoclear'a parts are adjusted. as Inf-Fig. *1, andan-115mg! `the spur e2 to throw a swi'tchfor for'othervpilr' poses the brush is turnedover so as to DITOJQC the spur'dov'vnwardv Various changes in lthe form; 'p'rc'iport ioiis, and minordetails'of myinvention maybe ref., fsorted to -Without departingzfrom the 'spiritllj and scope of'my invention.' Hence f1: conslf Sider myselfentitle'd,toall suchIvariationsasI .f

may `lie Within thescopejofmy claims..v f Having thus described 'my'jinentioin I- -J.

yLettjrS claim as new and desiretosecnre Patent i" f 1. VThe combinationfof'la vtiriis'11,"a.v socketi.`

piece mounted thereon to carry'a handle,` an v socket-piec'eia guide forward vatth'e' front en of the extension-pi'ece5landfa scraper adj ablyh'eld in theguide. .1 1 2.. The combination of abrnsh5agliide held thereby,` and a `bar adj iistably,l Iitted'iii the 4 guide, said barhaving its ends projected be# .yond the .1;i1ide,`-forl the purposespecied In testimony where0f I? have signed my name to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

vitnesses:

ANGELO B. ToBIN, HENRY FELASBURG.

presence ofr ZFREDERIC; BECKER. -Y 

